Re: Stuck Gear

Posted by HH56 On 2022/7/12 16:07:10

I would give it another day or so with the WD-40. Give it a squirt followed in a little while by GENTLY trying to move the linkage as you have been doing so the WD can kind of work in. Follow the move attempt by another squirt of WD and another sit to see if will eventually break free. If or when it does see how it feels before taking off the case top. If, after you get the cotter key out so the levers can be moved under hand pressure, if levers have not broken completely free and are easy to move then worry about removing the steering column and fixing them first before taking the trans apart. If the column levers stick and are trying to move both trans levers at the same time you can't get a good indication if there is a problem in the trans. If you could get under you could disconnect the long rods at the trans and then move those levers by hand to tell if there is a problem inside.

I don't know if you can see the fill plug on the passenger side of the case looking down inside from the top because it is a fair distance down. If you can, and it is just the transmission the oil level will be just to the bottom or slightly above the bottom of the plug hole. If there is an Overdrive then it gets a bit confusing because the two share lube and filling one affects the other. The fill plugs are at a different level but as I recall, it will be the OD plug that is lower and will overflow. As long as the lube is at the bottom of trans fill plug the level on both will be OK.

Here is a photo posted by "let the ride decide" a couple of years ago showing the passenger side of the trans and the location of the fill plug.

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